Bizzario
@rbizzario.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer. Teacher & academic development; Applied linguistics; Education. Forest dweller 🌳🌱 Toitū te Tiriti. Free Palestine. Views are mine & other disclaimers apply.
Such a great piece from Mengzhu Fu e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
Why we call Winston Peters ‘Lao Pi’ | E-Tangata
“Mandarin-speaking communities are so familiar with Winston, we have nicknamed him 'Lao Pi'. Lao Pi is like that grumpy neighbour everyone knows is a problem. Except he’s not a random neighbour. He is...
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It’s that time of the year when I map out bakeries with award winning pies near me pieawards.nz/winners/pie-...
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A very good question to ask. I think we should start them young. Invest in them - including civic education. One thing I did was take my kid to a Green Party volunteer event! Fun times, and so eye-opening for the both of us.
Queen Olivia III@queenoliviaiii.com · 2d agoHey NZ parents, what can we do to get your young adult kids enrolled to vote? I know it's the responsibility of the young adults, but is there something we can do to help things along?
Do any of my NZ pocket friends like to make entomology-related art/merch & would like to sell their crafts at our upcoming NZ Entomological Society conference 1st week September? If so, please get in touch. 🪲 🐞 🪱 🪰 🕷
If you’re like me & obsessed with Line of Duty, you might like Ridley. Also stars Adrian Dunbar. But this time he’s a retired cop, brought back as a consultant, who moonlights as a singer at a jazz bar. I enjoyed it, but had to skip the singing bits! Sorry not sorry. www.imdb.com/title/tt1477...
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Read @tressiemcphd.bsky.social’s article: Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
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I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
Fascists will gleefully take from you your ability to accurately describe a thing as experienced. They will poison your language so you cannot talk about your experience in general and of their violence in specific. Given this, why would I comply by accepting their poisoned meaning of words?
The 'Inv-Asian' migration wave of the 90s was dominated by nuclear family units. To be an Asian kid in the 90s like Lawrence (or me, though I was born here) was to grow up isolated & in the shadow of hatred and violence instigated by a guy who is currently the Deputy PM still doing the same thing.
This is not the behaviour of a decent human being or a competent Foreign Minister #nzpol “With China clearly taking note of Peters’ latest outburst, former PM Helen Clark said Peters was failing in his duty as foreign minister to maintain and build relationships with strategic partners” 1/2
Committee of Whole stage of English Language Bill is being debated now. 🍿
If you’ve seen this article, you may be sitting with anger, pain, or just exhaustion at dealing with another helping of colonial nonsense. We feel a responsibility to speak back when these colonizing narratives show up, yet again, in such a prominent venue. endangeredlanguages.com/story/respon...
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 2w agoThe idea that we have a special duty to prevent the death of languages is instantly compelling to anyone who loves languages. But is it true? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"AI implies a supply chain that goes from mining to data processing & requires an immense amount of natural resources to operate. Its impacts to the environment, labor and broader human rights are structural and affect workers, communities and territories..." that benefit little from the AI economy.
Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · last wk.AI's benefits are concentrated in a few companies and countries, but its footprint is distributed, argue Jamila Venturini and Marina Meira from Derechos Digitales. They call for a global infrastructure to hold the AI supply chain accountable.
It was an earthquake! It went on for too long that it woke me up. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Strong 5.7 earthquake strikes near Taumarunui
The quake hit at 4.51am on Saturday and was centred 5km south-west of Taumarunui at a depth of 10km.
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Bizzario@rbizzario.bsky.social · 2w agoWas that an earthquake?
I’m doing Data Entry Night for the Greens this Thursday! Come join!! www.greens.org.nz/gle_dp_26072...
West Auckland Data Entry Night
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL@nzpom.com · 2w agoA few hours to help makes a HUGE difference to the parties that don't have the luxury of huge donations to enable them to pay for staff, advertising, etc My preference is for the @greens.org.nz, but any of the opposition parties could use the help #nzpol
This whole thread #💅⚔️
Stay Human@nabelew.bsky.social · 2w agoThe arguments against language reclamation haven't changed much in the nearly 20 years I've been working in this field: "It costs too much." "People are choosing to abandon their languages, so let them." "They have no practical use." "It's just sentimental nostalgia." Fuck All That, a thread:
This is also really cool! Bluey in Yolŋu Matha ✊🏽 Kia kaha Indigenous peoples and their languages! 🐦🐦 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Bluey speaks Indigenous language in time for NAIDOC week
The animated award-winning cartoon series Bluey has been translated into Yolŋu Matha, from north-east Arnhem Land, for NAIDOC Week.
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Wordle 1,852 X/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ I never not get the word! I declare that this word does not exist.
Wow, what a travesty. But I wouldn’t not try it!
The Troys Are Back In Town@troyponce.bsky.social · 4w agoOnly in america, greatest country in the world babyyyyyyy
If you see this, post your comfort characters.
Abbott Elementary Janine Teagues
Alt: Abbott Elementary’s Janine Teagues running around Gregory Eddie in circles.
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)@shengokai.blacksky.app · 4w agoIf you see this, post your comfort characters.
